Postoperative rhinorrhea without intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak after endoscopic transnasal transphenoidal surgery for pituitary macroadenomas

World Neurosurg. 2014 Nov;82(5):e658-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.05.017. Epub 2014 May 13.

Authors

Nikolaos Gkekas¹, Panagiotis Primikiris², Nikolaos Georgakoulias²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: nikolaosgkekasdr@yahoo.gr.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 24834875
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.05.017

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adenoma / surgery*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / etiology*
Humans
Intraoperative Period
Neuroendoscopy / adverse effects*
Neuroendoscopy / methods*
Nose / surgery
Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery*
Postoperative Period
Sphenoid Bone / surgery